Petty Officer 2nd Class Daunte Reed has spent 14 years in the U.S. Navy, but his life could change with one giggle this weekend.
Reed is one of a dozen or so people competing in the first-ever American Laughing Championship, which is taking place April 6 in San Diego.
The contest, which is part of the annual conference of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determines who has the most contagious guffaw.
Reed is hoping to be a serious contender for the title of top laugher.
"I've been told I have a contagious laugh," Reed, 33, told The Huffington Post. "It doesn't take much to make me laugh."
But he may have a tough time of it. The chosen laughers can't be Johnny-one-chuckles in their snicker stylings, according to the contest's organizer, Canadian filmmaker Albert Nerenberg.
"We will audition people until we get to the top 10, and then we eliminate them by having them attempt different laughs," Nerenberg told HuffPost.
